Mark

About me:

Candidate Info :
I am a British National on a working holiday visa in Australia.
I have many years experience driving vehicles, from trucks to motorbikes. I also have 10 years of experience as a Royal Marine in the British Military.

Experience :
Worked As Truck Driver at Recruitment Solutions SouthWest from January 2011 to November 2015
LGV Driver, Recruitment Solutions SouthWest Jan 2011 – November 2015
• Part-time during my time as a Royal Marine, and then full-time from January 2015 onwards.
• Working for various national and international companies including TNT, Palletline, Palletways, Milklink, Gregory’s, Kay Transport, DX and DHL.
• I have experience driving all types of LGV, rigid and articulated boxes, curtain-siders, tankers, fridges and flatbeds.
• Trunking and multidrop experience.

Worked As Royal Marine Commando at Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines from January 2005 to January 2015
Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines Jan 2005 – January 2015
• Successfully completed 8 months of basic training including the Commando Course
• Worked as part of a small team responsible for the security of Britain’s Nuclear Deterrent
• Attended Military Driving School and passed license categories B, C, & C+E. This included an off road skills driving phase.
• Deployed with 40 Commando to Afghanistan as both a driver and an infantryman, for this I was awarded the General Service Medal for Op Herrick.
• Took an 18 month sabbatical detailed below in ‘Interests’.
• Re-joined the Royal Marines completing all the required fitness tests and other examinations.
• Joined the Commando Logistics Regiment as part of the Motor Transport office, dealing with the movement, servicing and upkeep of the large fleet of vehicles. During this time I was also responsible for the unit administration of the JAMES system, the computer system used for keeping track of vehicle servicing and whereabouts.
• Was personally selected for the position of Brigadier General’s personal driver, responsible for the selection of routes and personal protection of the Brigadier. For this job I was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal.
• Transferred to the Landing Craft branch of the Royal Marines, in order to learn the skill-set of piloting and crewing a variety of waterborne craft.
• Passed the various exercises required to drive the Offshore and Inshore Raiding Craft, gaining RYA Level 2 Powerboat qualifications and allowing me to coxswain the aforementioned craft on live operations.
• Deployed with 6 ASRM on Op Cougar/Op Atalanta as a second coxswain/radio operator as part of the anti-piracy contingent, responsible for the stop and search of suspicious vessels in the Gulf.

Worked As Watersports Instructor at AsproKavos Watersports from April 2009 to November 2009
Watersports Instructor, AsproKavos Watersports April 2009-November 2009
• Worked in Greece as an instructor on a busy watersports platform near the resort of Kavos, Corfu.
• Responsibilities included taking care of the customers, teaching watersking, the hiring and supervision of jetski’s, and the safety of the customers when they were on the watersports.
• Liaised with hotel staff adjacent to the watersports in order to promote the business to potential customers staying within the hotel.
• Promoting the watersports to tourists around the town of Kavos, this included organising collections and drop-offs to those further afield who required a lift to the platform.